Chapter Summaries

Shi Quan followed Shi Nian as the latter hunted Tang San in Sunset Forest, hoping to take Shi Nian’s Illusionary Wisdom Skull. Tang Hao intervened when Shi Nian’s illusion nearly killed Tang San, and Shi Quan escaped with Shi Nian’s Spirit Bone.

• Shi Quan tracked Shi Nian after Tang San left Heaven Dou City and followed them toward Sunset Forest.
• Tang San devoured a Spirit Beast with his Soul Devouring Eight Spider Lances, and Shi Nian recognized the Spirit Bone and decided to kill him for it.
• Shi Nian trapped Tang San in his Remaining Dream illusion, leaving Tang San convulsing and close to death.
• Tang Hao appeared and struck Shi Nian down, while Shi Quan ordered the Blue Silver King to take Shi Nian’s Spirit Bone.
• Tang Hao attacked the fleeing Shi Quan, but the Blue Silver King escaped after a bluffing counterattack, and Tang Hao turned to check Tang San’s injuries.

Tang San recovered after Tang Hao rescued him from Shi Nian, while Shi Quan escaped with Shi Nian’s Illusion Wisdom Left Arm Soul Bone and acquired an Enhancement Fabricator. Tang San secretly devoured Shi Nian’s corpse, broke through to the Fortieth Rank, and resolved to keep his discovery and breakthrough hidden as he plotted against Shi Quan.

• Tang Hao examined Tang San, questioned him about Shi Nian and the Mysterious Person, and took Tang San back toward Heaven Dou City with Shi Nian’s corpse stored in his Soul Tool.
• Shi Quan escaped with the Blue Silver King, confirmed Tang Hao was not pursuing them, and claimed Shi Nian’s Illusion Wisdom Left Arm Soul Bone.
• Shi Quan extracted an Enhancement Fabricator from the System and had the Blue Silver King supply it with Soul Power to create Reinforcement Crystals.
• Tang San returned to the hotel, secretly used his Soul Devouring Eight Spider Lances to devour Shi Nian’s corpse, and broke through to the Fortieth Rank as his Martial Soul strengthened.
• Tang San destroyed the corpse’s remains, hid his breakthrough, and vowed to surpass Shi Quan.

Shi Quan tested Reinforcement Crystals, returned to the academy, and anticipated the rewards he could gain by winning the tournament. Meanwhile, Shrek lost to Skywater Academy, and Tang San reached Rank 40, prompting Yu Xiaogang to arrange a spirit-ring hunt.

• Shi Quan found that basic Reinforcement Crystals strengthened the Illusory Wisdom Left Arm Bone but had no effect on the Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone.
• Shi Quan returned to the academy and calculated that winning the tournament could earn him Plunder, Destiny, and Reputation Treasure Chests.
• Skywater Academy defeated Shrek with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving Tang San and his teammates injured and frozen.
• Tang San woke and told Yu Xiaogang that devouring energy during the battle had brought him to Rank 40.
• Yu Xiaogang arranged for Flender and Zhao Wuji to take Tang San to Sunset Forest for a spirit ring after the next match, while Qin Ming oversaw the team.

Tang San obtained a seven-thousand-two-hundred-year Devouring Boa Spirit Ring, gaining the Blue Silver Devour ability and reaching rank forty-two. After absorbing the beast’s corpse, he returned to the hotel and asked Dai Mubai about the team’s matches.

• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang he wanted a devouring-type Fourth Spirit Ring and hoped to absorb a ten-thousand-year ring, but Tang Hao assessed that he could safely withstand about seven thousand five hundred years.
• Tang San chose to continue strengthening Blue Silver Grass’s Devouring Attribute, and the group entered Sunset Forest to help him obtain his Fourth Spirit Ring.
• Two days later, Tang San emerged with four Spirit Rings and rank forty-two, having absorbed a roughly seven-thousand-two-hundred-year Devouring Boa.
• Tang San explained that his new Blue Silver Devour ability absorbed energy and Soul Power, spread Parasitic Seeds, and worked with his first three Spirit Abilities.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Devour and the Soul Devouring Eight Spider Lances to drain the Devouring Boa’s corpse, alarming the others with the strength of his devouring ability.
• Tang San returned to the hotel, reunited with Xiao Wu, and asked Dai Mubai how the matches had gone.

Tang San used his newly strengthened Blue Silver Grass and Devouring Ability to defeat the Elephant Armor Team by himself. After Shrek Academy won, he grew more confident and planned to hunt more Spirit Beasts with Devouring Abilities to strengthen his Spirit Soul and catch up to Shi Quan.

• Tang San explained his Fourth Spirit Ring, while Ning Rongrong doubted his choice to keep developing his Blue Silver Grass along the same path.
• Before Shrek Academy faced the Elephant Armor Team, Tang San believed his new Fourth Spirit Ring would let him defeat their defensive formation.
• Tang San used Flying Mushroom Sausages, his Eight Spider Lances, and Blue Silver Grass to trap the seven opponents and replenish his soul power by devouring theirs.
• Tang San defeated the Elephant Armor Team one member at a time, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• After testing his Blue Silver Grass against Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng, Tang San planned to hunt Spirit Beasts with Devouring Abilities and make his power catch up to Shi Quan.

Tang San secretly used his devouring abilities during the tournament and discussed their evolution with Yu Xiaogang, who approved a trip to hunt more Devouring Attribute Spirit Beasts. Shi Quan continued investigating Tang San as the Preliminary Round ended and the teams prepared for the Advancement Round.

• Tang San used his Soul Devouring Eight Spider Lances to drain small amounts of life force from three opponents, while Shi Quan suspected his rapid growth came from secretly devouring energy.
• The Preliminary Round ended, and Godwind Academy, Thunder Academy, Skywater Academy, Blazing Academy, and the Shrek Team qualified for the Advancement Round.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that his Soul Devouring Eight Spider Lances and Blue Silver Grass had evolved after absorbing the Devouring Boa's corpse, and claimed he had stored its energy in his Spirit Bone.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San not to use devoured energy for cultivation, then arranged for Flender to take him to Sunset Forest to hunt Devouring Attribute Spirit Beasts.
• Shi Quan and Dugu Bo reviewed reports on Tang San, and Shi Quan suspected his devouring ability had weakened Hu Yanli after the Shrek Team fought the Elephant Armor Team.

Qian Renxue considered the threat Tang San might pose and decided to visit Shi Quan, while Flender secretly took Tang San out of Heaven Dou City and the Shrek students spent their break indulging themselves. During her visit, Qian Renxue confirmed Shi Quan’s deduction that Tang San’s mother had been a transformed hundred-thousand-year-old Blue Silver Emperor.

• Qian Renxue weighed the risks of Tang San being a Fallen Spirit Master and hoped to ally with Shi Quan to gain his support and improve her chances of ascending the throne.
• Flender secretly led Tang San out of Heaven Dou City, while Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar enjoyed their break before returning to Yu Xiaogang’s training.
• Dugu Bo warned Shi Quan to be cautious with Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and explained how Yue Guan’s refusal to provide medicine had led to Yan Yan’s father’s death.
• Qian Renxue visited Shi Quan with information on the Advancement Round teams and asked what he knew about Tang Hao and Tang San.
• Shi Quan deduced that Tang San’s mother had been a Blue Silver Grass Spirit Beast transformed into human form, and Qian Renxue confirmed that she had been the Blue Silver Emperor.

Shi Quan agreed to help Qian Renxue pursue the throne in exchange for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and plotted with her against Tang Hao. Meanwhile, Tang San rapidly grew stronger by devouring energy and became convinced that Shi Quan had tried to hide the secret of Blue Silver Grass’s evolution.

• Qian Renxue warned Shi Quan that Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect would oppose his Blue Silver Emperor awakening, and offered to protect him if he joined her cause.
• Shi Quan asked Qian Renxue for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and revealed the Blue Silver King, which she recognized as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
• Qian Renxue agreed to give Shi Quan the treasure, and the two discussed how to deal with Tang Hao before she left.
• Shi Quan reflected that eliminating Tang Hao was his main reason for partnering with Qian Renxue, then returned to training and resolved to strengthen himself.
• Tang San left Sunset Forest with Flender, boasting that he would settle his grudges with Shi Quan as his Soul Power and devouring abilities improved.
• Tang San concluded that devouring was the correct path for Blue Silver Grass’s evolution and believed Shi Quan had tried to conceal that secret.

Tang San’s evolved Blue Silver Grass helped Shrek win every match in the Advancement Round, while Qian Renxue quietly gathered evidence that he was draining opponents. As the teams traveled to Spirit City for the Finals, Huo Wu proposed a cooperation to Feng Xiaotian that might give their academies a chance at the championship.

• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that his Blue Silver Grass had fully evolved, then defeated Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng in sparring with only his third spirit skill.
• Yu Xiaogang entered the Advancement Round confident that Tang San could secure first place, and Tang San led Shrek to fourteen consecutive victories by draining his opponents’ Soul Power and secretly taking some of their life force.
• Qian Renxue arranged medical examinations for Tang San’s opponents and confirmed evidence of his devouring ability.
• After three days of rest, the sixteen teams departed for Spirit City with Xue Qinghe accompanying them, and Dugu Bo questioned Shi Quan about his closeness to Xue Qinghe.
• Huo Wu told Feng Xiaotian that their teams could not match Shrek, the Heaven Dou Battle Team, or Spirit Hall Academy, then proposed cooperation as a possible path to victory.

Shi Quan and the Heaven Dou Battle Team reached Spirit City for the tournament Finals, where Xiao Wu gained her fourth Spirit Ring and Shrek advanced after Blazing Academy forfeited. As the Finals began, Shi Quan learned that Blazing Academy’s members had joined Godwind Academy’s lineup, exposing a rules loophole.

• Shi Quan sensed Blazing Academy and Godwind Academy gathering to form an alliance, while Yu Xiaogang stayed with Shrek and Tang Hao remained undetectable.
• Xiao Wu broke through to level forty, and Flender took her out at night to obtain a Spirit Ring; she later returned with a suitable Fourth Spirit Ability.
• The Heaven Dou teams arrived in Spirit City, and Shi Quan toured the city with his teammates before the Finals began.
• Shrek learned that Blazing Academy had forfeited its first-round match, allowing the team to skip ahead to the third round.
• Godwind Academy faced Longkui Academy with Blazing Academy members in its lineup, and Shi Quan explained that the teams had used a loophole to combine their rosters.

Shi Quan led the Heaven Dou Battle Team to face Skywater Academy, agreeing to withstand Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's Martial Soul Fusion Skill without attacking. The team survived the Ice Phoenix and won, and the second elimination round ended with ten teams remaining.

• Spirit Hall rejected the Heaven Dou academies' protests over team changes, and the tournament continued after a day of rest.
• Dugu Bo told the Heaven Dou Battle Team that Skywater Academy would be their opponent in the second round.
• Shi Quan proposed that Skywater Academy use its Martial Soul Fusion Skill while his team refrained from attacking, and Shui Bing'er accepted.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed their Ice Phoenix, which broke through the Shi Brothers' Black Tortoise Formation and buried the Heaven Dou Battle Team in ice.
• Shi Quan's Blue Silver Emperor vines helped the team emerge unharmed, and Shui Bing'er conceded the match.
• The second elimination round reduced the original thirty-three teams to ten, with two teams receiving byes.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy faced Star Luo Royal Academy, giving Zhu Zhuqing a chance to confront her family’s rivals. Shi Quan’s vines restrained the Hell White Tiger and drained its Spirit Power, leaving Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun trapped after they canceled their fusion skill.

• Zhu Zhuqing explained her family’s conflict with Star Luo Royal Academy, and Shi Quan promised that their team would win.
• Dai Mubai learned that Heaven Dou Royal Academy had drawn Star Luo Royal Academy and worried he would lose his chance to earn Star Luo’s recognition.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun unleashed the Hell White Tiger, while Shi Quan coordinated the Heaven Dou Battle Team’s defense and counterattack.
• Dugu Yan’s Poison Dragon’s Kiss slowed the Hell White Tiger, and Shi Quan’s Blue Silver Emperor bound it while draining its Spirit Power.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun canceled the fusion skill to counterattack, but Shi Quan trapped them in a Blue Silver Vine Net that they could not break.

The Heaven Dou Battle Team defeated the Star Luo Battle Team in the Third Round, then drew the newly combined Shenfeng Battle Team for the first match of the Fourth Round. As both teams revealed their lineups and formations, Shi Quan recognized Shenfeng’s likely Four-in-One Fusion Skill, and the match began.

• Shi Quan restrained the Star Luo Battle Team’s Hell White Tiger with Blue Silver Strangulation, while Zhu Zhuqing and Yu Feng broke through opposing fighters and Dugu Yan’s poison incapacitated the support members.
• Dai Weisi conceded, and Dugu Yan gave the Star Luo Battle Team the antidote before the Heaven Dou Battle Team left the arena.
• The Third Round ended with the Shrek Team, Spirit Hall Team, and a team of five Soul Ancestors joining the Heaven Dou Battle Team and Shenfeng Battle Team among the six remaining teams.
• Dugu Bo drew Shenfeng as Heaven Dou’s first Fourth Round opponent, while Shrek and Spirit Hall were placed in the other matches.
• The Shenfeng Battle Team replaced two Soul Ancestors with fire-element support Spirit Masters, and Shi Quan recognized that Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian could use them for a Four-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Both teams took their positions: the Shi Brothers led Heaven Dou’s defensive formation, while Huo Wushuang and two Power Attack System Spirit Masters led Shenfeng’s lineup.

The Shenfeng Battle Team unleashed a Four-in-One Fusion Skill that empowered Feng Xiaotian’s attack, but Shi Quan defeated him with a single sword strike. The battle continued as Shi Quan’s team pressed their advantage and turned Huo Wushuang’s attack back on him.

• Feng Xiaotian used his self-created Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes while Huo Wu and two support Spirit Masters fused their power into incandescent armor around him.
• Shi Quan activated Ring Fusion and struck Feng Xiaotian’s weakness with Saber Breaking Stance, destroying his wing and knocking him out of the arena.
• Huo Wushuang and two teammates charged while Huo Wu prepared another attack, and Shi Quan called Zhuqing, Yu Feng, and Shi Mo to counter them.
• The Shi Brothers trapped two opponents with fragments of their tortoise shells as Zhuqing and Yu Feng moved around the remaining attackers.
• Huo Wushuang fired a dark-red energy orb at Shi Quan, who used Arrow-Breaking and Star Shift to redirect it into Huo Wushuang.

Shi Quan led the Heaven Dou Battle Team to victory over Shenfeng Battle Team, securing a place among the tournament’s top three, then faced Bibi Dong at the finals’ opening ceremony. When Bibi Dong arrived, the system awarded Shi Quan a Teleportation Talisman for encountering a Destiny Villain.

• Shi Quan used his swordsmanship to disarm Huo Wushuang and hold a blade to his throat, prompting Shenfeng Battle Team to surrender.
• The Spirit Hall Team and Shrek Team won their matches, joining the Heaven Dou Battle Team as the tournament’s top three.
• Shi Quan returned to the hotel with his teammates, then led them to the Papal Hall for the finals.
• The system triggered a Destiny Treasure Chest when Bibi Dong appeared and gave Shi Quan a Teleportation Talisman.
• Shi Quan and the Shrek Team members remained standing when Spirit Hall supporters knelt before Bibi Dong, who briefly fixed her gaze on Shi Quan.

Shi Quan received a Teleportation Talisman, then won the opening Individual Elimination Match for the Heaven Dou Battle Team by defeating Li Kai. Shrek’s Ma Hongjun forfeited immediately afterward, leaving Shi Quan to face the next Spirit Hall challenger.

• Shi Quan inspected the Teleportation Talisman, which could transport him anywhere on Douluo Continent and had three uses remaining.
• Bibi Dong presented three Spirit Bones and explained the Individual Elimination Match format, with the winning team advancing to the championship match.
• The Heaven Dou Battle Team drew Spirit Soul Battle Team for the first match, while Shrek received a bye; Yu Xiaogang planned for Ma Hongjun to forfeit later.
• Shi Quan defeated Li Kai by piercing and badly injuring him with hardened Blue Silver Emperor vines.
• Hu Liena ordered Yan to challenge Shi Quan next, while Ma Hongjun forfeited immediately and Shi Quan was awarded another win.

Shi Quan defeated Yan in the Loser Bracket match, leaving him with injuries that would weaken the Spirit Hall Team, then faced Xie Yue. The chapter ended as Shi Quan deflected Xie Yue’s Moon Blades and closed in on him.

• Yan used his spirit abilities to charge Shi Quan, but Shi Quan pierced him with the Blue Silver Devouring Emperor Sword and Sacred Dragon Eight Spears, inflicting nine nonfatal wounds.
• Hu Liena conceded Yan’s match, and Xiao Wu also conceded the following match for Shrek.
• Hu Liena recognized that Shi Quan had deliberately weakened Yan, while Xie Yue volunteered to face him because Shi Quan had used his Fourth Spirit Ability.
• Xie Yue attacked with his Moon Blades, and Shi Quan deflected both before rushing toward him.

Shi Quan defeated Xie Yue and faced Hu Liena after the Spirit Hall Golden Generation’s first two fighters fell. Hu Liena combined her spirit abilities to weaken Shi Quan’s control and perception, leaving their match unresolved.

• Xie Yue used his spirit abilities and Full Moon against Shi Quan, but the Sacred Dragon Eight Spears and Indestructible Divine Skill withstood his attacks.
• Shi Quan pierced Xie Yue’s shoulder and knocked him down, and Hu Liena conceded on her brother’s behalf.
• Xie Yue warned Hu Liena not to underestimate Shi Quan’s External Soul Bone, and she promised to fight seriously.
• Hu Liena entered the arena as the Spirit Hall Team’s final fighter after the Shrek Team conceded again.
• Shi Quan closed his eyes and spread Blue Silver Emperor as Hu Liena used her Fox Fire Token, Bewitching Fox Voice, and Bewitching Fox Mist to weaken his control and perception.

Shi Quan defeated Hu Liena by turning her spiritual attack back on her, prompting the Spirit Soul Battle Team to forfeit the morning matches and Shrek to follow. The afternoon Team Match between Spirit Hall and Shrek began with both teams taking the stage.

• Shi Quan let Hu Liena's mist engulf him, then used Spirit Sense and a Spirit Power backlash to make her faint with her own Fox Bewitchment.
• Bibi Dong forfeited the Spirit Soul Battle Team's remaining morning matches to preserve its fighters, and Yu Xiaogang announced that Shrek would forfeit as well.
• Dugu Yan challenged Yu Xiaogang's authority to speak for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Bibi Dong accepted Shrek's forfeit and the referee declared Heaven Dou the winner.
• Shi Quan returned to the hotel with his team while Yu Xiaogang planned for Shrek's afternoon match against the injured Spirit Hall Team.
• The Spirit Hall Team led by Xie Yue and the Shrek Team led by Tang San entered the arena for the afternoon Team Match.

Shrek and the Spirit Soul Battle Team clashed in a coordinated team battle, with Tang San’s Dark Blue Silver Grass and Oscar’s Flying Mushroom Sausages enabling Shrek to take the fight into the air. Shrek knocked Zhang Ping out, but Oscar was nearly depleted, and Xie Yue believed the opponents’ flight would soon end.

• Oscar rapidly produced Flying Mushroom Sausages as Shrek retreated, while Hu Liena and the Spirit Soul Battle Team pursued.
• Tang San’s Dark Blue Silver Grass restrained the attackers, but Yan burned through the vines and Li Kai’s sonic attack disrupted Shrek’s flight.
• Tang San and his teammates defended against Xie Yue’s Moon Blades and Zhang Ping’s wind blades as they climbed higher.
• Ma Hongjun and Yu Tianheng intercepted Zhang Ping, and Xiao Wu and Tang San combined their skills to bind and defeat her.
• Tang San drained Zhang Ping’s soul power with his Soul Devouring Eight Spider Lances, then had Xiao Wu throw her down for Li Kai to catch.
• Xie Yue judged that Shrek’s flight could last only a minute, while Oscar had only one-third of his soul power remaining.